Discusses the theory that in Canada, Americans are dominating the job market and taking jobs from Canadian Ph.d's. (Author)

Liberal arts colleges are concerned with the marketability of their graduates because students are demanding proof that four years' investment in education will pay off with career mobility and economic security. It is suggested that good liberal arts majors have marketable skills in thinking and communication and confidence in themselves. (MLW)

The National Technical Institute for the Deaf, established in 1968 and now located on the Rochester Institute of Technology campus, offers students training that may lead to a certificate, diploma, or associate degree in business or technical skills. Job opportunities for graduates are described, as is the institute itself. (LBH)

Ph.D.'s are facing the worst job market in years. (HS)

A personal view of a Ph.D. facing the marketplace. (PG)

Underemployment or working at less than one's full productive capacity, has become the hallmark of work in industrial societies. An expert on work patterns discusses the alarming implications for society. (Author/PG)

Trends and changes in recruitment and hiring practices for academic administrators are reviewed, based on a study of job notices appearing in six issues of the "Chronicle of Higher Education" between January 31 and March 7, 1977. Results from a sample of 72 advertised positions indicated a clear persistence of all institutions in drawing only from…

Noting reports of 17,251 college juniors and seniors majoring in radio-television broadcasting and only 141,500 employees now working in the field, the author discusses the causes and implications including the value of the radio-TV degree and the cost of broadcast education. (JT)

Innovative trends in college placement programs at Bowling Green University, Yale University, and the City College of New York are described. Placement officers there and career counseling firms and organizations are taking more aggressive steps to prepare graduates for the job market. (LBH)

A white high school dropout stands a better chance at employment than a black high school graduate, according to a study that maintains that persistent high black unemployment rates and lower paying, less prestigious jobs are not a matter of poorer or less education but of prejudice. (Author/LBH)

Similarities between the status of academic women in West Berlin and the U.S. are discussed. Consideration is given to university structure, roles having status and prestige, retrenchment in hiring, discriminatory attitudes, aspiration, and administrative opportunities. (LBH)

The universities claims to legitimacy or special privilege in society are being widely challenged. (Editor/IR)

An informal survey of social science and humanities societies indicates that many different strategies are being used to deal with the job shortage. New training and marketing methods have emerged along with modified objectives within association committees. (LBH)

Changes and problems in the economy and workplace, including the certainty of future struggles for good jobs, new management mood toward unions, automation, and fringe benefits, are examined. It is suggested that education for this future must inculcate moral values along with academic skills and seek to restore faith in institutions. (JMD)

Despite its planned, centrally directed economy, Russia has not been able to tailor its university system to its manpower needs. Peculiarities in the Russian system, including the method for planning enrollments, stiff competition for university acceptance, and application regulations, are discussed. (JMD)